by Matt Landry | Apr 25, 2024 | General Conference Briefing
“Be still and know that I am God” -Psalm 46: 10. This year’s General Conference theme is “…and know that I am God.” As you probably notice, it’s the second part of the full verse. One of the bishops on stage joked that the theme of the 2020 General Conference was the...
by Matt Landry | Dec 4, 2023 | Pastor's Blog
The KKK and White Protestantism in Indiana “The one duty we owe history is to rewrite it.” This quote by author Oscar Wilde struck me at the end of Timothy Egan’s book A Fever in the Heartland. Yet the reality is that we can’t rewrite a history we don’t know. I...
by Matt Landry | Aug 27, 2023 | 30 Days of Catch to Strikeout Hunger, Pastor's Blog
I went back in time today! It’s true! I played a game of catch back in the 1860’s. This afternoon my family met up with the White River Base Ball Club before they faced off with the Bluegrass Barons from Lexington, Kentucky. I helped Sparrowhawk, the team manager,...
by Matt Landry | Aug 25, 2023 | 30 Days of Catch to Strikeout Hunger, Pastor's Blog
Today, I met up with my friend and clergy colleague Rev. Nathan Whybrew, who serves as the Senior Pastor of First United Methodist Church of Wabash. Actually, I should say that I met up with pastor and coach Nathan. He is a baseball coach with three boys who all play...
by Matt Landry | Aug 24, 2023 | 30 Days of Catch to Strikeout Hunger, Pastor's Blog
Before the heat index is predicted to rise above 100, I played a game of catch with a bearded woodworker. No, I didn’t play catch with Jesus, but I did play with one of his followers! Charles Cantrell is a member of my church, Castleton UMC, and a woodworker. He met...
